BlazBlue:Spiral Shift - Hyokujin no Eiyu Epilogue
Epilogue[edit]
A huge Ars Magus Vessel was well on its way to the 2nd Hierarchical City of Iwatsuchi.
The interior decorations, based on deep brown wood were elegant but not ornate and added a peaceful touch to the time spent on board.
From the office in the center of the ship, Jin came out into the hallway.
He was summoned because of a transmission from Yabiko.
The person on the other end of the line was Hibiki Kohaku.
Apparently, Kagura's wounds from the war were not looking good. He said that he would have to stay in the hospital for a while. Jin told him that he did not plan to visit him.
Then, Hibiki told him that a week later there would be a triumphal parade with the presentation of Jin's medal.
Jin said he would turn it down, but Hibiki convinced him that it was an important opportunity to make a big statement that the long war was over and that he had no choice but to accept.
The corridors of the ship were covered with blue carpets, and it was quiet and empty.
As he listened to the sound of his own footsteps, Jin stared blankly ahead.
Some people came from the direction in front of Jin, who was moving his feet at a pace. There were three of them. All of them wore white robes that concealed their identities. They are the Wings of Justice.
The figure leading the way caught Jin's attention.
Meifang.
Just before they passed each other, Jin moved to the end of the corridor himself. He stopped, made a slight salute and let Meifang go ahead of him.
But just as he passed in front of Jin, Meifang stopped in her tracks.
"Fufufu… I'm honored that I'd allowed a pass by the 'Hero of Ikaruga' who ended the war."
"Thank you for your assistance on that matter, and thanks for the pardon to Corporal... Karenjina, Colonel Lapislazuli."
With a polite manner, Jin bowed to his young superior.
Meifang looked at him with a sticky gaze and laughed.
"Hmm... I see you've finally learned how to address your superiors."
He couldn't tell from the way she spoke whether she was satisfied or dissatisfied.
“The war is over, but the fools who defied the Imperator still remain. ...Don't let your guard down, 'Hero'."
Her tone sounded as if she was testing him.
Jin looked up at Meifang. He stared at her with cold, cold eyes, like glass beads without emotion.
"It's none of my business."
For a few beats, Jin and Meifang stared at each other. One had a leisurely smile, the other a cold, blank expression, but it was unmistakably a standoff.
The white robes behind Meifang stepped forward in disrespect, but Meifang stopped him with her hand.
"Yes, it is. It's none of your business. ...Fufufu."
Leaving behind an eerie tickle of a smile, Meifang left the scene with her men in tow.
Jin stared down at the back of who was moving away from him at that moment.
A cold sensation came over him. Cold to no end.
With a heartfelt murderous intent.
The circular room was large and the high ceiling was domed.
The room deep underground was a different one from the one that used to be beneath the research facility of Sector Seven, or the one beneath the mine where crystallized seithr could be found.
However, the shape was very similar. This is because the shape was meaningful. Rather, it would be more correct to say that other facilities were built in the shape of this one.
The ceiling was carved with ancient inscriptions and the floor just below it was carved with decorations that resembles a cauldron. Well, infact it IS a cauldron by name as well, but that just is what the surface holds, what is beyond that cauldron is something vast, something that could drive anyone mad if they dared to get involved with it. A 'boundary' brimming with seithr and information of everything that there could be. And infront of one such cauldron, two figures stood there.
In the space between them, there was a coffin that was a little too large to just hold a single person, connected by several chains and attached to that coffin were countless pipes extending from the walls, ceiling and floor.
“Now, are all preparations in order?”
Looking at the coffin, a man in a black suit fixed a black hat on his head.
The person who spoke to him was the another man standing next to him. This one had blonde hair with a golden mask over his eyes and a purple cloak over his shoulders.
“But it's going to take a while to wake her up...”
The masked man said in a hushed tone, as if talking to himself. The man in the black suit turned around and smiled deeply at it.
“I know, and for that reason, we have to prepare the 'Successor of the Azure'."
“...That’s right.”
And that is one big problem. The man in the mask and the man in the black suit, however, may have already expected it.
"By the way, are you the one who sent the Zeroth Squadron?"
The man in the black suit asked in a somewhat hearted manner, as if he had just remembered something. The masked man, looking at the coffin, answered without even glancing at the man in the suit.
“I don't want any unnecessary interruptions.”
“Wouldn't things have gone a little more smoothly if you'd gone in person?”
"There's no need for me to go out there for that much. ِAlso... I wanted to observe that soul too.
"Also? Oh, what was that woman... Meifang, was she?"
The man in the black suit crossed his arms and held up the index finger of one of his hands, then looked at the masked man again with a fed-up expression.
“Is she... alright? She seemed kind of suspicious to me.”
“She is just like that. A very amusing person, however...”
The masked man put his hand on his chin and thought to himself.
The man in the black suit sighed. Given the situation, there is no one better to talk to than this man. But talking to him feels more like to engage to a brick that can only to himself.
"I'm on my way to adjust 'Ignis'. I'll leave the rest to you... Hazama."
Their conversation went as expected. After saying that, the masked man quickly walked away on his own.
The man in the black suit who was left behind called 'Hazama', shook his head lightly and then looked up at the coffin.
The black coffin was still there, silent.
"Well then. How did you feel after all that 'death'?"
As if in response to Hazama's voice speaking, the surface of the coffin pulsed with light.
A gust of laughter escaped from Hazama's mouth as if he understood what the coffin was saying.
"Oh, my goodness! Still more? Still not enough!?"
His voice, laced with joyful laughter, echoed high into the domed ceiling that held the coffin.
"Yes, but don't worry. There are still many, many, many more deaths in this world!”
(And we can create as many as we want. Any number we could imagine.)
Hazama smiled deeply as he thought of the endless deaths that would eventually be born.
"So please wake up at last... Hades: Izanami."
(When the lid of that coffin is opened, what kind of view will the world and myself have?)
“Oh yeah, I am sure it will be very fun.”
Yes, surely.
His golden eyes smiled narrowly under the hat he wore so tightly.
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